Explore the hidden work behind 144 million Smithsonian specimens and meet the curators preserving Earth’s wonders.

Fifteen specimens of a species of Norfolk Island snail thought to be extinct until 2020 have multiplied into 800 over four years in a captive breeding program.

Commonly found in backyard gardens throughout the world, snails live a very interesting life. But how long do snails live, ...

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DOC scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate ... when a faulty temperature gauge froze 800 Mount Augustus snails to death inside their climate-controlled containers.

Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to ... temperature gauge froze 800 Mount Augustus snails to death inside their climate-controlled containers.

The Mount Augustus snail "only needs to peek out of its shell to do the business," she ... gauge froze 800 Mount Augustus snails to death inside their climate-controlled containers.

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusc.

Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to ... temperature gauge froze 800 Mount Augustus snails to death inside their climate-controlled containers.